Essay name: Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study)
Author:
Shri N. M. Kansara
Affiliation: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda / Department of Sanskrit Pali and Prakrit
This is an English study of the Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala, a Sanskrit poem written in the 11th century. Technically, the Tilaka-manjari is classified as a Gadyakavya (鈥減rose-romance鈥�). The author, Dhanapala was a court poet to the Paramara king Munja, who ruled the Kingdom of Malwa in ancient west-central India.
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鈻犫枲 645 Dhanapala has mentioned only three territorial
de denominations, viz., Ma峁囜笉ala-vibh膩ga, Ma峁囜笉ala-gr膩ma,
and Nagara. 3 Thus, Kasmira and Dravida were Mandalas."
4 The land granted for maintenance of temples was known as
5 'Dev膩grah膩ra'. Vast territories bequeathed to princes and
his royal dependents for personal expenses were known by
the term 'Bhukti', and the boundaries were well-marked by
watershed.
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6 (2) THE KING AND HIS PERSONAL QUALITIES
Supreme power vested in the monarch, who was expe-
cted to be a man of extraordinary qualities and capabili-
ties. It was popularly believed that mastery of divine po-
Vidy膩s - was necessary in order to qualify for em-
perorship of the Vidyadharas, which position conferred
all-embracing unfettered soverignty of the whole world
with all its wealth and prosperity, and which was not to
be attained by persons of meagre merit. 7 His personality
was powerful enough to command unquestionably the respect
8.
of the subjects, His responsibilities included the mainte-
3. TM(N),p.182(9); 182(1).
4. ibid.,p.211 ( 22 ) -- 啶曕ざ啷嵿ぎ啷�啶班ぎ啶｀啶∴げ啶 [办补艣尘墨谤补尘补峁囜笉补濒补尘 ] ; 321 (5)
5. ibid., p.182(1).
321(5)
nance
啶︵啶班さ啶苦ぁ 啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶侧ぞ啶оた啶い啶� 啶溹ぞ... [dravi岣峚 ma峁囜笉al膩dhipati j膩... ] 1
FFT...
啶啶掂ぐ啶距啶膏き啶� 啶曕啶侧啶班啶啶曕啶むた-
[yuvar膩jasabhara kelorbhukti-
] 6. ibid.,p.182 (6ff.) - 啶囙ぎ啶距ぎ啷�-- 啶むぐ 啶澿た啶｀ 啶啶む啶む啶班啶�
啶班た啶む 啶啶班う啷囙ざ啶距う啶距ぐ啶啶� 啶ざ啷嵿啶苦ぎ啷囙え 啶膏ぎ啶椸啶班啶洁お啶� 啶椸啶班ぞ啶え啶椸ぐ啶椸啶班ぞ啶 啶掂た啶侧ぎ啷嵿き 啶曕 啶膏啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠ啶
啶曕ぎ啶侧啷佮お啷嵿い啶膏啶� 啷�
- [im膩m-- tara jhi峁嚹� mutt墨rya
rita岣� prade艣膩d膩rabhya pa艣cimena samagro'pi gr膩managaragr膩mo vilambha ke sen膩nya岣�
kamalaguptasya |
-] M
7. ibid., p.402(3ff.)--341RYTHRIT 啶︵啶掂じ啷嵿く 啶ㄠた啶掂-
[devasya nive-
] 213154 ; 402(11ff.)-啶呧げ啶啶ぎ啶侧啶お啷佮ぃ啷嵿く啷堗 啶啶傕き啶苦ぐ啶ㄠ啶 啶班い啶�-
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啶啶班ぞ啶溹啶� 啶掂啶さ 啶班ぞ啶溹啶ぞ啶た啶粪啶曕ぎ啷� 啷�
[alabhyamalpapu峁噛ai岣� pu峁僢hiranyai rati-
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pr膩jya vaibhava r膩jy膩bhi峁kam |
] 8. ibid., p.14(21ff.). 424 JH114 pa 423455TTER...
啶じ啷嵿く 啶� 啶啶班い啶距お 啶忇さ啶� 啶掂じ啷佮ぇ啶距ぎ啶膏ぞ啶оく啶む
[yasya ca prat膩pa eva峁� vasudh膩mas膩dhayat
] 1
